Composed to teach three essential and specific music and dance styles in the Carribbean music traditions: the Cuban "son," the Puerto Rican "Plena," and the Dominican "Merengue." Accompanied by piano, bass

Often translated as "times gone by" or "days long ago," this is a song of friendship and goodwill. Traditionally associated with New Year's Eve festivities, this Scottish air is also appropriate as a

"Can you hear my cries? I am calling out to you." The global community of children speaks together in this dramatic call for a better future that uses worldbeat sounds, unified chordal harmonies, and

Comprised of nine medieval English carols which retain their Middle English texts and a Latin plainsong processional and recessional, this Benjamin Britten work is a continually popular standard in the

This work merges classical singing along with the Sami yoik tradition to create a fresh new sound. All the lyrics, except for the words Dona nobis pacem are yoik syllables with no linguistic

Expressing a powerful message of hope for a better world, this dynamic piece strikes a universal chord for all to hear! The quiet and subdued opening gradually builds to a dramatic musical statement using

With Gnothi Safton, composer Jim Papoulis raises the profile of Boomwhackers out of the elementary classroom and onto the concert stage. Including an original inspirational text that urges young

Royal Canadian Air Force pilot John Magee wrote his popular poem High Flight when he was 19 years old. In the poem, he describes the delirious feeling of wheeling and soaring, and an intimate

These intimate and comforting lines of Elizabeth Bishop's sonnet are set to music that is reflective, lush, and lyrical, with the text always foremost. Originally written for SATB chorus, this voicing for

Copland's sparkling, lighthearted folk song setting is available in a variety of voicings that makes the humorous children's song accessible to any choir. The short solos and comical animal sounds are

This is an evocative, folk-like setting of Yeats' poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree. The modal vocal writing is both simple and sophisticated and always expressive of the yearning in Yeats' words.

Beautifully melodic, with a great beat and a great message, this "world music" piece has a text in Swahili which translates as, "We have a right." Imbakwa was written for the score of a film about